I have recently been able to reallocate more of my time into osu!, and as a result purged most everything from my personal "must-do-first" list. As a result, I have started started knocking off some of the most requested features, and hope to consider doing so for as long as I feasibly can. I have also made some changes to the feature requests forum which I felt needed to be announced so everyone is on the same page. Read on for details!
Feature Requests votes:
Until recently, votes (aka stars) have not been automatically distributed. I said I would start distributing more stars once I had time to meaningfully act on them, and I believe that time has come. All existing supporters have been awarded two extra stars, and non-supporters awarded one. Going forward, stars are awarded at a rate of 2 stars per month supporter tag. Also to note is that they are awarded to the person paying for the tag, in the case it is gifted.
Feature Request stars will be given out to non-supporters at times, as well
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Finding features to support:
Please make use of the "Ignore Star Priority" button to check for new requests which have potential, rather than focussing on the already high priority requests shown by default. You can access a non-prioritised list here.
"Bubbled" features:
Until now, there have been a list of features which are "bubbled" in the requests forums – similarly to the way beatmaps are bubbled. I'm not sure when or why we started using these, but they didn't make sense. As a result I have removed all bubbles and will not be using them in the future (unless work has already been started on a request and it needs to be more prominent).
Recently implemented requests:
"Storyboard toggle" with +1438.
"Play style" with +248.
"New selection of language channels" with +126.
"Customising the menu background" with +120.
"Randomise only in selected grouping" with +93.
"Spectating room" with +50. (though this was at the request of an irl friend)
"Keyboard shortcuts for mod selection" with +12.
Feature Requests votes:
Until recently, votes (aka stars) have not been automatically distributed. I said I would start distributing more stars once I had time to meaningfully act on them, and I believe that time has come. All existing supporters have been awarded two extra stars, and non-supporters awarded one. Going forward, stars are awarded at a rate of 2 stars per month supporter tag. Also to note is that they are awarded to the person paying for the tag, in the case it is gifted.
Feature Request stars will be given out to non-supporters at times, as well
.Finding features to support:
Please make use of the "Ignore Star Priority" button to check for new requests which have potential, rather than focussing on the already high priority requests shown by default. You can access a non-prioritised list here.
"Bubbled" features:
Until now, there have been a list of features which are "bubbled" in the requests forums – similarly to the way beatmaps are bubbled. I'm not sure when or why we started using these, but they didn't make sense. As a result I have removed all bubbles and will not be using them in the future (unless work has already been started on a request and it needs to be more prominent).
Recently implemented requests:
"Storyboard toggle" with +1438.
"Play style" with +248.
"New selection of language channels" with +126.
"Customising the menu background" with +120.
"Randomise only in selected grouping" with +93.
"Spectating room" with +50. (though this was at the request of an irl friend)
"Keyboard shortcuts for mod selection" with +12.
